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CrowdStrike CEO Updates Solutions to Global Microsoft Outage

July 19, 2024
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AI Money: AI Surge Spurs Tech Giants’ Expansion, Fuels Investment Frenzy
artificial intelligence // July 18, 2024

The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the tech landscape, with industry leaders like TSMC, Microsoft, and Anthropic racing to meet soaring demand and capitalize on new opportunities. As TSMC doubles down on chip production for AI, Microsoft courts private equity with AI tools, and Anthropic...

Excel’s AI Makeover: Microsoft’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Smarter Spreadsheets
artificial intelligence // July 17, 2024

In the race to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) into every corner of the digital world, Microsoft has set its sights on conquering the final frontier of office productivity: the humble spreadsheet. The tech giant’s latest creation, SpreadsheetLLM, aims to change how businesses crunch numbers and...

AI Regulation: Microsoft Leaves OpenAI, Senate Probes and Calls for Balance
artificial intelligence // July 10, 2024

As artificial intelligence reshapes the tech landscape, regulators and lawmakers are scrambling to keep pace. Microsoft’s withdrawal from OpenAI’s board, an upcoming Senate hearing on AI privacy, and expert calls for a new regulatory approach highlight the complex challenges facing the AI industry and its...

Apple and Microsoft Step Back from OpenAI Board
Big Tech // July 10, 2024

Apple and Microsoft are reportedly relinquishing their non-voting seats on OpenAI’s board. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 10) from the Financial Times (FT), which notes that the companies’ decisions come amid increased regulatory oversight into tech giants’ investments in artificial intelligence (AI) startups....

Interviews & Exclusives
How the World Does Digital: France’s Gen Zers Tops Digital Engagement Country Rankings

July 08, 2024
Although France checks in seventh — the first country below the median — in the recently released landmark report by PYMNTS Intelligence, “How the World Does Digital,” its Gen Z segment made a bold statement. French Gen Z users are the most active, with 464.8 activity days per month and about 15.5 activities per day […]

How Many Chips Could You Buy With $74 Billion?

July 01, 2024
As tech giants worldwide scramble to dominate the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market, South Korea’s SK Hynix is making a $74.6 billion wager that could redefine the semiconductor industry —...

Microsoft Pauses Its Launch of AI-Powered Recall Program

June 14, 2024
Tech giant Microsoft has decided to delay the rollout of “Recall,” its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature designed to track and store users’ computer activity. The company announced on Thursday (June...

AMD’s AI Ambitions Take Aim at Intel and Nvidia

June 03, 2024
The artificial intelligence chip race is heating up. In a bid to outpace rivals Nvidia and Intel, AMD unveiled a suite of cutting-edge AI chips at the Computex tech conference...

Quick Reads
CrowdStrike CEO Updates Solutions to Global Microsoft Outage

July 19, 2024
The outage that continued to snarl systems from airports to stock exchanges Friday morning started when it struck users of Microsoft’s Windows operating system late Thursday (July 18) and early Friday (July 19) and was caused by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike’s software update, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a Friday post on X. “CrowdStrike is […]

Apple and Microsoft Step Back from OpenAI Board

July 10, 2024
Apple and Microsoft are reportedly relinquishing their non-voting seats on OpenAI’s board. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 10) from the Financial Times (FT), which notes that the companies’...

Microsoft Won’t Follow OpenAI in Blocking China’s Access to AI Models

July 08, 2024
OpenAI’s upcoming ban on application programming interface (API) access to its artificial intelligence (AI) models in China doesn’t apply to Microsoft Azure’s customers in the country. Azure operates in China via...

Microsoft and Amperity Partner on AI-Driven Customer Data Platform

July 08, 2024
Microsoft and Amperity are working together to deliver data-driven insights and personalization designed to help retailers transform their customer relationships. Microsoft acknowledged the partnership when it named Amperity a finalist...